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How technology is enabling Melbourne Airport’s growth

CIO Business Intelligence

In addition, the Melbourne Airport Rail, connecting the airport to the suburban network, subject to approvals, is expected to be delivered by 2029. Currently, 45 planes take off and land per hour and this new runway could take the airport up to 90 planes per hour.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 23, 2023

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Is United’s green supersonic jet too good to be true?

Vox

On Thursday, United Airlines announced it was purchasing a fleet of 15 planes that can travel faster than the speed of sound. The first of these flights is scheduled for 2026, and the company plans to start carrying passengers by 2029. United announced that it will buy 15 supersonic passenger planes from the aviation startup Boom.

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Boeing and NASA partner with Alaska and other airlines on eco-friendly X-66A aircraft

GeekWire

(Boeing Illustration) Boeing and NASA say they’ll collaborate with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and four other major airlines on the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project , which aims to put Boeing’s innovative X-66 braced-wing aircraft design through flight tests in the 2028-2029 time frame.

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Boom Supersonic unveils its prototype for a commercial supersonic jet

The Verge

At 71 feet long, the XB-1 is a scaled-down version of the full production model that Boom hopes to have ready for passengers by 2029. The XB-1 demonstrator won’t take flight until 2021, but Boom unveiled the prototype to a group of aviation and aerospace executives at Centennial Airport in Denver.

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United Airlines is buying 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic

The Verge

United Airlines has agreed to purchase 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with an option to increase that order to 50 jets, the companies announced Thursday. If Boom’s Overture jets pass inspection, the plan is for them to be rolled out in 2025, fly in 2026, and expected to carry passengers by 2029.

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